#D9D549#D9D549

#D9D549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.157 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D549
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -15.10, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 68.32, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0477 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.157 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6140, 62.8230, 15.6039)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D549 #494DD9

analogous

#D98D49 #D9D549 #95D949

triadic

#D9D549 #49D9D5 #D549D9

tetradic

#D9D549 #49D98D #494DD9 #D94995

square

#D9D549 #49D98D #494DD9 #D94995

split-complementary

#D9D549 #4995D9 #8D49D9

monochromatic

#8B881D #BDB928 #D9D549 #E4E17C #EEECAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D9D549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#D9D549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D549

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D549	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.157 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e183',
    500: '#d9d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d549;
$custom-light: #e8e183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85126,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D549

secondary

#363891

accent

#44E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D549

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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